Queen Victoria 维多利亚女王
lived in a time of many changes.
生活在一个多变的时代
Ⅰ.Write true (T) or false (F).
判断对错。
( F )1. Victoria was 64 years old when she died.
维多利亚去世时64岁。
【 原文：Victoria was 18 years old when she became thequeen of England in 1837. She died in 1901, and these 64 years were a time of fast change.维多利亚在1837年成为英国女王时年仅18岁。她于1901年去世，这64年是一个快速变化的时期。
可知，她逝世时82岁（18+64）
出生：1819年（1837-18）
逝世：1901年 】
( F)2. There were no machines in Britain before Victoria became the Queen of England.
在维多利亚成为英国女王之前，英国还没有机器。
【原文：The new factory machines meant that many people lost their jobs. 新的工厂的机器意味着许多人失去了工作。 （可知，有旧机器。）】
( T) 3. The number of people in Britain
increased during Victoria's time asqueen.
英国的人口数量在维多利亚成为女王期间有所增加。
【原文：The number of people in Britain increased from 13.9 million in 1831 to 32.5 million in 1901. 英国的人口从1831年的1390万增加到1901年的3250万。 】
(F )4. Victoria started reading Dickens' books at the age of 12.
维多利亚12岁开始读狄更斯的书。
【原文：Dickens himself started working in a factory at age 12. 狄更斯本人在12岁开始在一家工厂工作。 】
Il. Answer the questions:
回答问题：
5. What were young Victorian people more interested in than before?
维多利亚时代的年轻人比以前对什么更感兴趣？
Young Victorian people were more interested in music and painting than before.
维多利亚时代的年轻人对音乐和绘画比以前更感兴趣。
6.Why did many people lose their jobs at that time?
为什么当时会有很多人失业？
Because there were new machines working in the factory at that time .
因为当时工厂里有新机器在运转。
